--- PDFJ/PNG.pm.orig 2010-01-08 14:10:44.679341560 +0900 +++ PDFJ/PNG.pm 2010-01-08 14:11:00.479580442 +0900 @@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ }, stream => $encoded)); } elsif( $colorspace == 6 ) { # RGB+alpha croak "PNG over 8 bit RGB+alpha not supported" if $bpc > 8; - my $mdata; - my $maskdata; + my $mdata = ''; + my $maskdata = ''; my $scanline = ceil($bpc * 4 * $width / 8) + 1; my $bpp = ceil($bpc * 4 / 8); my $clearstream =